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Dmytro Kremeznyi
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Tech
[DATE]
Jan 9, 2025
NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 50 Series, featuring the RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5070, delivers cutting-edge performance with the new Blackwell architecture, advanced memory, and AI capabilities for gaming and content creation.
NVIDIA has officially unveiled its next-generation GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, featuring the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070. These GPUs, set to be available by February 2024, are the first to be built on NVIDIA’s new Blackwell architecture. With prices ranging from $549 to $1,999, the RTX 50 Series offers a wide range of options for gamers and digital content creators, promising significant performance improvements over the RTX 40 Series.
The RTX 50 Series GPUs bring a host of upgrades to their hardware. Each model has higher core counts than its predecessor, including updated CUDA cores for general-purpose GPU compute, Tensor cores for AI tasks, and RT cores for ray tracing.
The Tensor cores are now in their fifth generation, while the RT cores have been upgraded to their fourth generation.These enhancements enable better performance in gaming, rendering, and AI-driven workflows. NVIDIA also emphasizes improved GPU memory, with the RTX 5090 leading the lineup with 32GB of GDDR7 memory, a big leap from the 24GB in the RTX 4090. The RTX 5070 Ti also receives more memory, while the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 retain the same capacities as their predecessors. Across the lineup, the adoption of GDDR7 memory ensures faster data transfer speeds and greater bandwidth compared to the GDDR6X memory in the RTX 40 Series.
Connectivity has also been updated. Each GPU features one HDMI and three DisplayPort connectors, similar to the RTX 40 Series, but with support for the newer DisplayPort 2.1 standard and future compatibility with DisplayPort 2.1b. This allows the RTX 50 Series to handle high-refresh-rate displays and 8K resolutions more effectively, making them ideal for users with cutting-edge monitors. Despite the increase in power and performance, NVIDIA has managed to design all RTX 50 Series cards as dual-slot models, making them more compact and easier to fit into standard PC cases.
The RTX 50 Series also brings efficiency improvements, although power consumption has increased to support the higher performance. NVIDIA claims the GPUs are more efficient per watt of power consumed, thanks to advancements in architecture and manufacturing processes.
Benchmarks shared by NVIDIA show impressive performance gains across various applications. In rendering tasks using D5 Render, the RTX 5090 achieves more than twice the performance of the RTX 4090. For video editing, NVIDIA states that the RTX 5090 can export video 60% faster in DaVinci Resolve compared to its predecessor. The improvements extend to generative AI workflows and real-time ray tracing, making these GPUs a powerful tool for creative professionals working in 3D modeling, animation, or video production.
Pricing for the RTX 50 Series offers options for different budgets. The RTX 5090, priced at $1,999, is $400 more than the RTX 4090 but delivers double the overall performance. The RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 are priced at $1,199, $799, and $549, respectively. NVIDIA’s focus on value is clear, as most models are more affordable than their RTX 40 Series counterparts were at launch.
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